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On his third CD as a soloist, Mayito Rivera returns to his son roots but unlike his first recording ("Pa bachatear ...Chappotin"), most of the tunes here are his compositions.

On "Rio Seco" he pays tribute to his hometown Pinar del Río. The Tres intro by San Miguel Pérez will have you mesmerized. "Son pa' Shakira" (yes, that Shakira) with the irresitible coro 'Shakira, tu bailas como una prieta' it's bound to have you trying to imitate her hip movements.

In the beautiful bolero/son, "Lorena mía"Mayito showcases his emotional/softer/aching vocal styling. Add to that the penetrating trumpet of Alexander Abreu and you have one hell of a tune. Simply, wow!

"Tributo" pays homage to all the Cuban soneros who paved the way to what we call son. While he mentions everybody from Arsenio Rodríguez to Miguelito Cuní to Lili Martínez, he makes a mistake by mentioning Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez. On the one hand, it's a testament to Mr. Rodríguez who sounded like a straight up Cuban sonero, on the other hand somone needs to tell him that "El conde" was one proud Puerto Rican from Ponce.

Mayito has made his reputation as one of the top rumberos / timberos, so it's not surprising that the standout track is the guaguancó, "Oye mi quinto", a remake of Los Papines' classic. Here El poeta de la Rumba's vocals stylings are in full guapería mode as Alexander "El vivo" on congas and Fabian Pérez on timbales try to keep up with the intensity. A must!

Mr. Rivera keeps growing as an artist, not just vocally but as a composer. And while hearing his tone in a son setting is exquisite, I hope he doesn't makes us wait too long for his next timba and rumba release.

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